Oracles from the poets: a fanciful diversion for the drawing room (1845)
Gilman, Caroline Howard, 1794-1888, ed · New York & London, Wiley and Putnam · leaf 236
nt on its silent walls. Tis a cottage small and fair\ As a cloud in summer air. Park Benjamin. WHAT IS YOUR DESTINY? You unconcerndAnd calm, can meet your coming destiny,In all its charming, or its frightful shapes. Dr. Watts. I have an ear that craves for every thing,That hath the smallest sign or… … 2. ELL draw a bonny silken purse;Yell ca your coach, yell ca yourhorse. Burns. Of the present much is bright, And in the coming years I seeA brilliant and a cheering light, Which burns before thee constantly. W. D. Gallagher. 3. A better cellar nowhere can be found ;The pantry never is without…
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